ASIA 460 Modern Asian Women in Narrative

Experience of women in the context of a particular Asian culture, as seen through literature, popular culture, film and folklore. Narrative as a medium for the representation and constitution of gender.

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Credits: 3

In 2012W this course will focus on Gender and Sexuality in East Asia. An exploration of gender, sex and sexuality in modern East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan). Possible topics include sexual and social identities, gender roles, and family as seen in popular narrative culture such as film, fiction, manga/manhwa, television, and readings from anthropology/sociology, history, and queer studies.